Shlomo Pines ( Hebrew שלמה פינס , August 5, 1908 - January 9, 1990 ) is a French and Israeli scholar of Jewish and Islamic philosophy . Gained fame for the English translation of Maimonides ' Guide to the Oscillating .
| Shlomo Pines | |
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| fr. Shlomo Pinès , Heb. שלמה פינס | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Paris , France |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Jerusalem , Israel |
| A country |  France →  Israel |
| Scientific field | Jewish and Islamic philosophy |
| Place of work | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg, University of Geneva , Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| Famous students | Guy Strumza |
| Known as | English translator of the Guide of the Hesitant Maimonides |
| Awards and prizes | Israeli State Prize in the Humanities, Bialik Literary Prize for Achievements in Jewish Philosophy |
Biography
Born in Paris . He spent his childhood in Paris, Riga , Arkhangelsk , London and Berlin . His father, Meyer Yakovlevich Pines, was a literary critic and entrepreneur who wrote a dissertation ( Sorbonne ) on the history of Yiddish literature .
Between 1926 and 1934 studied philosophy , Semitic languages and linguistics at the University of Heidelberg , the University of Geneva and the Humboldt University of Berlin . His friends included Arabian Paul Kraus and Leo Strauss . The latter became the author of an introductory article to the classic translation of the Hesitant Guidebook by Pines.
In the years 1937-1939. studied the history of science in Islamic countries at the Paris Institute of the History of Science.
In 1940, he and his family sailed to Palestine on the last ship sailing from Marseille , shortly after which the Nazi occupation of France began (during which 25% of the Jews were expelled and killed).
From the early years of the State of Israel, Pines worked as a professor at the Department of Jewish Philosophy and at the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - from 1952 until his death in 1990.
Knowledge of modern and ancient languages ( Arabic , Syriac , Hebrew , Farsi , Sanskrit , Turkish , Coptic and others) provided a wide horizon for his research.
Rewards
- In 1968, Pines was awarded the Israeli State Prize in the Humanities [2] .
- In 1975 he was awarded the .
- In 1985 he was awarded (together with other nominees) the Prize of the Bialik Literary Prize for achievements in the field of Jewish philosophy [3] .
Main publications
- Contributions to the Islamic Theory of Atoms (1936)
- The Development of the Notion of Freedom (1984)
- The Guide of the Perplexed I, II (1963)
- Between the Thought of Israel and the Thought of the Nations
- The Jewish Christians of the Early Centuries of Christianity According to a New Source (1966)
- Summary of Arabic Philosophy , in the Cambridge History of Islam (1970)
In Russian:
- Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Paradigms of mutual influence . - M.-Jerusalem: Bridges of Culture / Gesharim, 2009 .-- 368 p.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1968 (in Hebrew) . Date of treatment October 17, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website (unavailable link) . Date of treatment October 17, 2011. Archived December 17, 2007.
Literature
- Pines, Shlomo /Dreyer L. M. // Peru - Semitrailer [Electronic resource]. - 2014. - P. 221. - (The Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 26). - ISBN 978-5-85270-363-7 .
Links
- Shlomo Pines: The Scholar, The Sage (unavailable link from 05/21/2013 [2303 days] - history , copy ) , by Sarah Stroumsa.
- The shlomo pines society
- Shomo Pines Bibliography (unavailable link from 05/21/2013 [2303 days] - history , copy )
- Pines Shlomo - article from the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia